Thursday, September 29, 2005

Do not be discouraged, nor refrain from commenting. But I have followed robbymac's advice and added "word verification" to my commenting. It's just one tiny little step that sort of weeds out the SPAM, so do not be alarmed. Change is a good thing. :)

posted by Jules @ Thursday, September 29, 2005 0 comments

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Intelligence
Complex, misunderstood
Labelling, pidgeon-holing, limiting
Breaking free of pre-determined confines
Reckless brilliance

Yes, a snapshot of my morning in the Classroom Management course. We took 5 minutes to write 5 lines (or Cinquains) about intelligence. ANYWHO....

Just wanted to drop in and let y'all know that Jesus rocks the mic. :) He provides, man. In so many ways.... He has provided for me a spaceous new home, with a sweet and merry roommate, a beautiful new puppy to call my own, and time. Life these days has the potential to feel like a constant rush of stress and pressure, and yet somehow, I am miraculously going from day to day with enough rest and enough time to be restored and to continue to be able to give out. He is so good. That's reality. In case anyone was unsure about that passage in Isaiah 40 where it says to wait on the Lord and He'll renew your strength.... it's true.

posted by Jules @ Thursday, September 22, 2005 3 comments

Sunday, September 11, 2005

What's Your Theological Worldview?

I took a quiz! Don't really know that this means a whole lot, but they did rather capture my essence in that first little blurb....

You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavily by John Wesley and the Methodists.

Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan


82%

Emergent/Postmodern


71%

Fundamentalist


61%

Charismatic/Pentecostal


57%

Reformed Evangelical


54%

Neo orthodox


46%

Modern Liberal


43%

Classical Liberal


39%

Roman Catholic


14%

Created by Quizfarm.com


posted by Jules @ Sunday, September 11, 2005 0 comments

Monday, September 05, 2005

What does it mean for Christians to be "relevant" to the world? Does it mean we should embrace a life of compromise and watered-down "tolerance?" I don't think it does.

I think Jesus was downright bold when it came right down to it. He said some pretty offensive things to some people. And yet, they were just the things that those people needed to hear. Are we afraid sometimes of coming off like fundamentalists, and so rather than "speaking the truth in love," we clam up and sputter out whatever politically correct-ed, broadly spiritual ("not religious!") jargon we can get away with? We congratulate ourselves for "getting in" some words about our "faith," or mentioning the name of God in daily discourse, but at the end of the day, have we left the true mark of Jesus behind us? Do people know us for: our love, or our objectivity?

Somehow we must learn not only to speak the truth, but to be the truth, unashamedly and with all compassion and grace.

These are the things I wrestle with, and this written "butt-kicking" may be only for my own benefit. I just thought I'd share it with you. Any thoughts?

posted by Jules @ Monday, September 05, 2005 5 comments